I need to touch up the paint on the wall.
touch up
idiomTo make slight corrections or adjustments to; to fill in or perfect.
She used a little concealer to touch up her makeup before the meeting started.
The photographer spent hours using software to touch up the portraits, ensuring every minor imperfection was removed before the final print.
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common touch
The personal quality of showing understanding of and sympathy for the concerns of ordinary people; rapport with and acceptance by ordinary people, usually in a celebrity or leader.
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everything one touches turns to gold
Everything someone uses or does succeeds or becomes better.
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everything one touches turns to shit
Everything someone uses or does fails or becomes worse.
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golden touch
Synonym of Midas touch (“the ability to achieve financial reward (or, more generally, success) easily and consistently”).
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human touch
The ability of a person to deal with others in a personable and empathetic way.
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kick into touch
To evade an issue; to stop from happening.
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lose one's touch
To lose one's special mastery of or knack for a particular skill or activity.
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lose touch
To lose contact (with).
Last updated April 17, 2026